Tack-extractor



(No Model.) 4

L.. S..DENISON.

TACK EXTRATOR.

No. 509,613. Patented Nov. 28, 1893.

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LINUS S. DENISON, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

TACK-EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,613, dated November28,1893.

Application filed May 11, 1893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LINUS S. DENIsoN, of Youngstown, in the county ofMahoning and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in TackExtractors and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in tack-extractors; and itconsists, particularly, in an improvement of the implement disclosed inUnited States Letters Patent, No. 233,599, granted October 26, 1880, theobject being to construct a device for the purpose indicated whereby thetack is more efficiently seized, and extracted with greater facility.

With this object in view, my invention ,consists in certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective of a toolembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, and Fig. 3shows a detail in section on line 3-3, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the stock o1' handle of myimproved tool, the same having rigidly secured thereto a pair ofstationary jaws, B, that are located a suitable distance apart foraccommodating the location and operation between them of a pair ofmovable jaws, D, pivotally secured to the stationary jaws, as at C. JawsB and D, at their free ends, terminate in curved points, l) and d,respectively, but the curved points of the one pair of jaws are arrangedor disposed oppositely to the curved points of the other pair of jaws,and the points of the movable jaws are separated to correspond orapproximately correspond to the distance apart of the stationary jaws,the arrangement of parts being such that in the operation of the tool,the two pair of jaws shall engage and seize the tack from oppositesides, respectively, and at four points. The movable jaws are provided,respectively, with a tail, D', the

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tails of the two jaws being preferably riveted or suitably securedtogether, as shown at D2, Fig. 3.

By the construction hereinbefore described, it will be observed thatupon placing the implement in proper position relative to the tack to beextracted, with tails D of jaws D engaging the floor, by pressing downupon the handle or stock of the tool, the two pairs of jaws will becaused to engage and seize the head of the tack at four differentpoints, thereby rendering the positive extraction of the tack an easymatter.

Tails D of the movable jaws of the implement, it will be observed, serveas a fulcrum in the tack extracting operation.

l. A tack-extractorconsisting of a stock or` handle, a pair of jawsrigidly secured to the stock or handle, a pairof movable jaws piv'-otally secured to the stationary jaws, the two pairs of jaws terminatingat their free ends in curved points and the movable pair of jaws havingtails D', substantially as indicated, the points of cach pair of jawsbeing located a corresponding or approximately corresponding distanceapart, and the points of one pair of jaws being oppositely arranged ordisposed relative to the points of the other pair of jaws, substantiallyas set forth.

2. A tack-extractor consisting of a stock or handle A, stationary-jaws BB, movable jaws D D, pivoted, as at C, to and between the stationaryjaws and having tails D rigidly secured together, said jaws havingoppositely arranged points Z9 b andd d, respectively, for engaging andseizing the tack at four different points, substantially as shown, forthe purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 19th day of April, 1893.

LIN US S. DENISON.

